A Stone That Shouts

In Frank Morison’s book, Who Moved the Stone?, one entire chapter deals with the significance of the stone. He considers the emotions and great surprise of the women–Salome, Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of Jesus–upon arriving at the tomb and...

The Divine Genealogy

Even the most avid Bible student probably finds the genealogies of Christ in the gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke to be a less than exciting study. Yet the Holy Spirit inspired two different gospel writers to include His genealogy as a proof that He was uniquely...

A Tale of Two Men

I was sitting in my office one Sunday afternoon working on my lesson for the evening service when a man about my age walked in and asked to talk with me. I’d never laid eyes on the man prior to that moment; and, in a small town of less than 500 people, I would have...

The Commonality of Repentance and Faith

Two things that every Christian is called upon to do without exception are:  REPENT and have FAITH.  It may seem as if these two things are unrelated in every way except that God requires them, but they actually have several things in common.  Both are Required. Jesus...

Don’t Forget The Feet

Isaiah’s request, “Here am I. Send me!”, was the response of one who stood near to God in a vision (Isa. 6:1-10). God had asked, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” (v. 8). It was very much a SEND/GO commission that Isaiah received and to which he agreed....